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Member Since:

Sep 07, 2014

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

World Class

Running Accomplishments:

Freshman PRs:

      I ran for American Leaderships Academy my freshman year, so I was in 2A and facing much easier competition than I would in higher divisions. I really only did cross country because it would get me in shape for soccer, But when I realized I was actually good at it I made running my number 1 priority. I barely made it to state, but had a bad race and did not place very well. I decided to try a half marathon in November and did pretty good (considering I had only been running seriously for about 4 months.) I started off track running my fastest time in the mile, and didn't get another pr in the mile until state championships. I realized I was better at the 3200 and thats what I have been focusing on since then. At state track I got prs in all 3 distance events, which was a huge confidence booster!

      800- 2:15(?) Sprint Medley State Chamionships 2014

      1600- 4:51 State Championships 2014

      3200-10:40 State Championships 2014

      10000- 37:10 Speedy Spaniard 10k 2014

      1/2 Mar- 1:25:33 Thankful 13 2014

Sophmore PRs:

      My sophmore cross country season went much like last track season. I started off with my fastest time and didn't improve on it until one of the last races. I struggled a lot during this season, I got down on myself after every bad race I had, that was probably my biggest problem. At region I had an absolutely terrible race. We were planning on getting the team qualified for state, and I'm pretty sure it was completely my fault we didn't. Haha yeah it was bad, I ran about a minute slower than what I wanted and got 20th or something. I kept training through to December, did a few races, and had a really succesful race at  Footlocker West. I got 14th in the Frosh/Soph race. Even though I got out kicked by two people in the last 100 I was really pleased, especially after that bad season. I started indoor track running 10:37 and 4:49. Soccer conflicted with track a lot and I think it was really detrimental to my times. I'm thinking about not doing soccer next year and just focusing on track. I had a few good races, and managed to destroy this kid in the last 300 meters at region and make it to state! Unfortunately I let the fact the I was seeded last at the state meet get to my head, and I got last by over a hundred meters. Not only the worst race of the season, but also the most humiliating. On to cross country!

      800- 2:13 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

      1600- 4:40.02 BYU Invitational 2015

      3200- 10:03.14 Snow Canyon Invite 2015

      3 mile- 16:09 Cedar 2014

      10000- 34:03 Provo Freedom Run 2015

      15k- 55:04 SLCTC Winter Series 15k 2015

      10 Miles- 1:00:24 One Hour time trial

Junior PRs:

     Junior cross country season went well. It was rough but I had some high points. Finally broke 16 for 3 miles at region with 2nd place, broke an hour in the 10 mile and 34 minutes in the 10k. State xc went really bad. I missed my goal time by 40 seconds and my goal place by 25 people. Footlocker wasn't that great, I got the same time as last year and missed my goals on place and time. Trained really hard with high mileage through the winter. 

      800-2:10

      1600- 4:42

      2 mile- 9:57

      3 mile- 15:39 Pre Footlocker

      5K- 16:14 Pre Footlocker

      10 mile-58:58 One Hour time trial

Best Races:

6th place in the Orem Earn Your Turkey 4 mile Run 2015

16th in the Footlocker West Regional Sophmore Boys Race (17:14.5)

10th place at the 2015 SLCTC 15K (55:04)

1st place-3200 Copper Hills Invitational 2015

8th place-Provo Freedom Run 2015

2nd place Region 8 Cross Country Championships (15:43.5)

5th place Distance Challenge 2016 3200

Short-Term Running Goals:

Train consistently and have some good races in the next few months. It would be nice to break 15 in the 5k soon as well.

 

Long-Term Running Goals:

Get on BYU's XC team after my mission sometime. I also want to run under 29 for 10k and 14 for 5k but we'll see!

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Hard workout today, but I'm really glad I got some good speedwork today. Did a mile warmup. Then we did 10 minutes of 45 seconds moderately hard and 15 second sprints. I think that was around 7 laps. We jogged a lap then did 3x400s. They were 65-63-62, with 400 meter recovery jogging between each. Then we did 3x300s. We were supposed to do them with the first 100 at the same pace as the 400s, then do a big surge for the next 200 meters. I think they were probably 45 or faster. 400 recovery between each. Then coach told us if we could run a 28 or faster he would have us be done. The 200 was good but I let Heston get away from me the last 50 meters. Really good tough workout! 

2.5 miles at soccer.

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5.00

Soccer game, 5 miles.

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Total Distance
6.00

Track workout, 2 lap warm up then 6 laps of surges. We did 3x300s afterward, with 600 meter rest. This workout was pretty similar to the workout on Monday, just a lot less volume. The 300s were 46-46-43. Cooled down 2 laps.

Soccer practice, let's say 2 miles.

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8.00

Pretty tough game today. I played the entire jv game, and 50 minutes of varsity. I'm going to say it was 4 miles for jv, and 4 for varsity.

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2.00

Didn't go to track today because it was the byu invite. I'm running tomorrow, so I took it pretty easy at soccer. 2 miles.

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Race: BYU Invitational 1600 (1 Miles) 00:04:40, Place in age division: 6
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Got to the meet an hour and a half before I ran. I probably did 4.5 miles warming up. It was a little more than I usually do, but I don't think it affected me that much. I was on the outside of the second alley, seeded 13th. When we started I got totally boxed in. I couldn't go anywhere, and the entire first 400 was like that. That was a 71, I wanted a 68. The next lap was 69. On the third lap I wanted to surge and get around this group, but some kid kept pushing me to the outside as I tried to pass him, so I just settled in behind him. I really should have just passed him because that lap was way too slow, 72. At the 400 I saw I was at 3:32, and I knew I had to really push it if I wanted to break 4:40. I passed a 2 people  on the back straight. Someone passed me at the 200, and I stayed right behind him. With like 120 left or something I tried to pass him, but he surged and passed someone. I stayed pretty close behind him and I thought I would catch him, but my kick wasn't enough. I looked up at the clock as I finished and realized I had missed my goal by a tenth of a second! I was still happy with a 2 second pr though. 0.75 mile cool down. 

1 mile of soccer

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36.50
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